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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">QuakeNet</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Geographic location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a><br><a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="World" title="World">Worldwide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Website URL</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quakenet.org/">www.quakenet.org</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Primary DNS</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="irc://irc.quakenet.org">irc.quakenet.org</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Average users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://netsplit.de/networks/QuakeNet/">65,000 – 75,000</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Average channels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://netsplit.de/networks/QuakeNet/">40,000 – 45,000</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Average servers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://netsplit.de/networks/QuakeNet/">12</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Content/subject</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a>/<a href="Video_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video Games">Video Games</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>QuakeNet</b> is an <a href="IRC" title="IRC">Internet Relay Chat</a> (IRC) network, and was one of the largest IRC networks. The <a href="IRC_network" class="mw-redirect" title="IRC network">network</a> was founded in 1997 by Garfield (Henrik Rasmussen, Denmark) and Oli (Oli Gustafsson, Sweden) as a new home for their respective countries' <a href="Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a> channels.<sup id="cite_ref-quakenet_history_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quakenet_history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its peak on February 8, 2005, the network recorded 243,394 simultaneous connections.<sup id="cite_ref-netsplit.de_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-netsplit.de-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2020, there are 9 servers and about 12,000 users remaining.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_QuakeNet">About QuakeNet</h2></div>
<p>Founded in 1997 as an IRC network for <a href="QuakeWorld" class="mw-redirect" title="QuakeWorld">QuakeWorld</a> players, QuakeNet saw huge growth over the coming years as it attracted many other <a href="Video_game" title="Video game">gamers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-quakenet_history_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quakenet_history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As interest in IRC started to decline, QuakeNet's userbase followed suit.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2></div>
<p>Channels often feature QuakeNet's requestable bespoke <a href="IRC_services" title="IRC services">channel service</a> 'Q'. Q is the main channel service and manages account authentication similar to nickname registration on servers with Nickserv; although there is no nickname protection service, instead operating on a first come first served basis. The other popular channel service seen in the larger channels is 'S'. S is SpamScan, a service used to detect spam from channels and warn or later punish the offending users. Since April 2014, D was also added as a channel service which collects various statistic metrics about a channel, such as word counts and popular phrases.
</p><p>Additional services include O as an operserv reference bot to the server operators on QuakeNet, and R (RequestBot) which allows users to request both Q and S if their channel meets their requirements. There are many other backend services which help QuakeNet staff administer the network.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> QuakeNet also is the home to many other third-party bot-operated <a href="IRC_services" title="IRC services">services</a> that can be used for various purposes to assist channel operators to run their channels or provide light entertainment. Many of these channels can be found using the channel search facility on the QuakeNet website.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Webchat">Webchat</h2></div>
<p>QuakeNet has a webchat client which allows users to connect to the network without the use of a dedicated IRC client. The client software, called qwebirc, was created by the QuakeNet development team. It is often embedded into other websites and also used by other IRC networks.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quakenet.org/about">"QuakeNet History"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-01-08</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-netsplit.de-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-netsplit.de_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=QuakeNet&submenu=years">"netsplit.de: QuakeNet"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-23</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://searchirc.com/services/QuakeNet">"searchirc.com: QuakeNet's Services"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-04-23</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://qwebirc.org/about">"About - the qwebirc project"</a>. <i>qwebirc</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241004051520/https://qwebirc.org/about">Archived</a> from the original on 2024-10-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-12-28</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.quakenet.org/">Official website</a></span></span></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131218024240/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2013-09-30/quakenet-open-sources-core-services/">QuakeNet open-sources core services</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131206204601/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-03-17/interview-with-quakenet-staff/">Interview with QuakeNet staff</a></li></ul>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://netsplit.de/networks/QuakeNet/">Query netsplit.de's IRC network database for <i>QuakeNet</i></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_IRC_clients" title="Comparison of IRC clients">Comparison of clients</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Common terms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="BNC_(software)" title="BNC (software)">BNC</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_bot" title="IRC bot">Bot</a></li>
<li><a href="Denial-of-service_attack" title="Denial-of-service attack">DoS attack</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_flood" title="IRC flood">Flood</a></li>
<li><a href="Netsplit" title="Netsplit">Netsplit</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_operator" title="IRC operator">Operator</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_script" title="IRC script">Script</a></li>
<li><a href="IRCd" title="IRCd">IRCd</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_services" title="IRC services">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_takeover" title="IRC takeover">Takeover</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related protocols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="IRCX" title="IRCX">IRCX</a></li>
<li><a href="MSN_Chat" title="MSN Chat">MSN Chat</a></li>
<li><a href="Client-to-client_protocol" title="Client-to-client protocol">CTCP</a></li>
<li><a href="Direct_Client-to-Client" title="Direct Client-to-Client">DCC</a></li>
<li><a href="XDCC" title="XDCC">XDCC</a></li>
<li><a href="Ident_protocol" title="Ident protocol">Ident</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="DALnet" title="DALnet">DALnet</a></li>
<li><a href="EFnet" title="EFnet">EFnet</a></li>
<li><a href="Freenode" title="Freenode">Freenode</a></li>
<li><a href="GameSurge" title="GameSurge">GameSurge</a></li>
<li><a href="IRCnet" title="IRCnet">IRCnet</a></li>
<li><a href="Libera_Chat" title="Libera Chat">Libera Chat</a></li>
<li><a href="Open_and_Free_Technology_Community" title="Open and Free Technology Community">OFTC</a></li>
<li><a href="Rizon" title="Rizon">Rizon</a></li>
<li><a href="RusNet" title="RusNet">RusNet</a></li>
<li><a href="SlashNET" title="SlashNET">SlashNET</a></li>
<li><a href="Snoonet" class="mw-redirect" title="Snoonet">Snoonet</a></li>
<li><a href="Undernet" title="Undernet">Undernet</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Eggdrop" title="Eggdrop">Eggdrop</a></li>
<li><a href="Infobot" title="Infobot">Infobot</a></li>
<li>Blowfish Encryption</li>
<li><a href="BitlBee" title="BitlBee">BitlBee</a></li>
<li><a href="ZNC" title="ZNC">ZNC</a></li>
<li><a href="UnrealIRCd" title="UnrealIRCd">UnrealIRCd</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_commands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Internet Relay Chat commands">List of commands</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_subculture" title="IRC subculture">Subculture</a></li>
<li><a href="Jarkko_Oikarinen" title="Jarkko Oikarinen">Jarkko Oikarinen</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clients</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">macOS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Colloquy_(software)" title="Colloquy (software)">Colloquy</a></li>
<li>Fire</li>
<li><a href="Homer_(software)" title="Homer (software)">Homer</a></li>
<li><a href="Ircle" title="Ircle">Ircle</a></li>
<li><a href="Linkinus" title="Linkinus">Linkinus</a></li>
<li><a href="Snak" title="Snak">Snak</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Microsoft Windows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bersirc" title="Bersirc">Bersirc</a></li>
<li><a href="MIRC" title="MIRC">mIRC</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Comic_Chat" title="Microsoft Comic Chat">Microsoft Comic Chat</a></li>
<li><a href="PIRCH_(IRC_client)" title="PIRCH (IRC client)">PIRCH</a></li>
<li><a href="Shareaza" title="Shareaza">Shareaza</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_IRC" title="Visual IRC">Visual IRC</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unix-like</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="IrcII" title="IrcII">ircII</a></li>
<li><a href="Ii_(IRC_client)" title="Ii (IRC client)">Ii</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cross-platform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ayttm" title="Ayttm">Ayttm</a></li>
<li><a href="BitchX" title="BitchX">BitchX</a></li>
<li><a href="IRC_Cloud" title="IRC Cloud">IRC Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Irssi" title="Irssi">Irssi</a></li>
<li><a href="Konversation" title="Konversation">Konversation</a></li>
<li><a href="KVIrc" title="KVIrc">KVIrc</a></li>
<li><a href="LeafChat" title="LeafChat">LeafChat</a></li>
<li><a href="Naim_(software)" title="Naim (software)">naim</a></li>
<li><a href="Nettalk_(IRC_client)" title="Nettalk (IRC client)">Nettalk</a></li>
<li><a href="Smuxi" title="Smuxi">Smuxi</a></li>
<li><a href="WeeChat" title="WeeChat">WeeChat</a></li>
<li><a href="HexChat" title="HexChat">HexChat</a></li>
<li><a href="PJIRC" title="PJIRC">PJIRC</a></li>
<li><a href="Quassel_IRC" title="Quassel IRC">Quassel IRC</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi-IM</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Centericq" title="Centericq">Centericq</a></li>
<li><a href="Empathy_(software)" title="Empathy (software)">Empathy</a></li>
<li><a href="Kopete" title="Kopete">Kopete</a></li>
<li><a href="Miranda_NG" title="Miranda NG">Miranda NG</a></li>
<li><a href="Pidgin_(software)" title="Pidgin (software)">Pidgin</a></li>
<li><a href="Trillian_(software)" title="Trillian (software)">Trillian</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Web-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CGI%3AIRC" title="CGI:IRC">CGI:IRC</a></li>
<li><a href="PJIRC" title="PJIRC">PJIRC</a></li>
<li><a href="Mibbit" title="Mibbit">Mibbit</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Web browser components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="ChatZilla" title="ChatZilla">ChatZilla</a></li>
<li><a href="Mozilla_Application_Suite" title="Mozilla Application Suite">Mozilla Application Suite</a></li>
<li><a href="Mozilla_Thunderbird" title="Mozilla Thunderbird">Mozilla Thunderbird</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Library and plug-ins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="ERC_(software)" title="ERC (software)">ERC</a></li>
<li><a href="Rcirc" title="Rcirc">rcirc</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Category</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Quake_series239" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Quake_series239" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Quake_(series)" title="Quake (series)"><i>Quake</i> series</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Quake_II" title="Quake II">II</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Quake_III_Arena" title="Quake III Arena">III Arena</a></i>
<ul><li><i><a href="Quake_Live" title="Quake Live">Live</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Quake_4" title="Quake 4">4</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Enemy_Territory%3A_Quake_Wars" title="Enemy Territory: Quake Wars">Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Quake_Champions" title="Quake Champions">Champions</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="American_McGee" title="American McGee">American McGee</a></li>
<li><a href="Graeme_Devine" title="Graeme Devine">Graeme Devine</a></li>
<li><a href="John_Carmack" title="John Carmack">John Carmack</a></li>
<li><a href="John_Romero" title="John Romero">John Romero</a></li>
<li><a href="Jennell_Jaquays" title="Jennell Jaquays">Jennell Jaquays</a></li>
<li><a href="Sandy_Petersen" title="Sandy Petersen">Sandy Petersen</a></li>
<li><a href="Tim_Willits" title="Tim Willits">Tim Willits</a></li>
<li><a href="Timothee_Besset" title="Timothee Besset">Timothee Besset</a></li>
<li><a href="Trent_Reznor" title="Trent Reznor">Trent Reznor</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Machinima" title="Machinima">Machinima</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Blahbalicious" class="mw-redirect" title="Blahbalicious">Blahbalicious</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Diary_of_a_Camper" title="Diary of a Camper">Diary of a Camper</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Operation_Bayshield" title="Operation Bayshield">Operation Bayshield</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Quad_God" title="Quad God">Quad God</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Quake_done_Quick" title="Quake done Quick">Quake done Quick</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Seal_of_Nehahra" title="The Seal of Nehahra">The Seal of Nehahra</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Quake_modding" title="Quake modding">Mods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Quake</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Malice_(1997_video_game)" title="Malice (1997 video game)">Malice</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Nexuiz" title="Nexuiz">Nexuiz</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Rocket_Arena_(mod)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocket Arena (mod)">Rocket Arena</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Team_Fortress_Classic" title="Team Fortress Classic">Team Fortress</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="X-Men%3A_The_Ravages_of_Apocalypse" title="X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse">X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Xonotic" title="Xonotic">Xonotic</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Quake II</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Action_Quake_2" title="Action Quake 2">Action Quake 2</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Alien_Arena" title="Alien Arena">Alien Arena</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Gravity_Bone" title="Gravity Bone">Gravity Bone</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Loki's_Minions_Capture_the_Flag" title="Loki's Minions Capture the Flag">Loki's Minions Capture the Flag</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Thirty_Flights_of_Loving" title="Thirty Flights of Loving">Thirty Flights of Loving</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Warsow_(video_game)" title="Warsow (video game)">Warsow</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="UFO%3A_Alien_Invasion" title="UFO: Alien Invasion">UFO: Alien Invasion</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Quake III</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Challenge_ProMode_Arena" title="Challenge ProMode Arena">Challenge ProMode Arena</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="DeFRaG" title="DeFRaG">DeFRaG</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="OpenArena" title="OpenArena">OpenArena</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Smokin'_Guns" title="Smokin' Guns">Smokin' Guns</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Tremulous" title="Tremulous">Tremulous</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Unvanquished_(video_game)" title="Unvanquished (video game)">Unvanquished</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Urban_Terror" title="Urban Terror">Urban Terror</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="World_of_Padman" title="World of Padman">World of Padman</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Professional <br> players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Av3k" title="Av3k">av3k</a></li>
<li><a href="Cypher_(Quake_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cypher (Quake player)">Cypher</a></li>
<li><a href="Johnathan_Wendel" title="Johnathan Wendel">Fatal1ty</a></li>
<li><a href="Stevie_Case" title="Stevie Case">KillCreek</a></li>
<li><a href="Rapha_(video_gamer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rapha (video gamer)">rapha</a></li>
<li><a href="Sujoy_Roy" title="Sujoy Roy">Sujoy</a></li>
<li><a href="Dennis_Fong" title="Dennis Fong">Thresh</a></li>
<li><a href="Sander_Kaasjager" class="mw-redirect" title="Sander Kaasjager">Vo0</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Id_Tech" title="Id Tech">id Tech</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Quake_engine" title="Quake engine"><i>Quake</i> engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Quake_II_engine" title="Quake II engine"><i>Quake II</i> engine</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_3" title="Id Tech 3">id Tech 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Fast_inverse_square_root" title="Fast inverse square root">Fast inverse square root</a></li>
<li><a href="Quake_Army_Knife" title="Quake Army Knife">Quake Army Knife</a></li>
<li><a href="QuakeC" title="QuakeC">QuakeC</a></li>
<li><a href="QuakeWorld" class="mw-redirect" title="QuakeWorld">QuakeWorld</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="BFG_(weapon)" title="BFG (weapon)">BFG</a></li>
<li><a href="Quake_(soundtrack)" title="Quake (soundtrack)">Soundtrack</a></li>
<li><a href="QuakeCon" title="QuakeCon">QuakeCon</a></li>
</ul>
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